Tsunami advisories issued for parts of Pacific after 7.8 earthquake in Philippines
· RNZThe US Tsunami Warning Centre has issued advisories for parts of the Pacific following a massive earthquake off Mindanao in the Philippines.
The magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck at a depth of 63km at Mindanao.
The warning centre has tsunami waves forecast to be less than 0.3 meters above the tide level for the coasts of:
- American Samoa
- Chuuk FSM
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- Guam
- Hawai'i
- Kiribati
- Kosrae (FSM)
- Marshall islands
- Nauru
- New Caledonia
- CNMI
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Pohnpei (FSM)
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
- Wallis Futuna
- Yap
The US Tsunami Warning Centre says government agencies responsible for threatened coastal areas should take action to inform and instruct any coastal populations at risk in accordance with their own evaluation, procedures and the level of threat.